Book · 2021 · Business & Economics
You're Invited
The Art and Science of Connection, Trust, and Belonging
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And the other is a book by my friend John Levy, You're Invited. John Levy is an influencer. He talks in his book about how to put on events that people want to come to.
Why people recommend it
You're Invited by Jon Levy is a guide to designing high-impact gatherings and building meaningful personal and professional networks. On This Week in Startups, Jeffrey Pfeffer recommended John Levy’s book as a valuable source of networking advice on how to organize compelling, carefully curated events that people genuinely want to attend. Pfeffer explained that the author serves as an influencer who focuses on the mechanics of successful social gatherings. Later in the discussion, Pfeffer returned to the book while describing its unusual dinner-event format, noting the specific activities it employed to help guests connect with one another in unexpected ways. Specifically, the format involved inviting guests who knew who was hosting the dinner, but kept the identities of the other attendees completely secret until they arrived, fostering an atmosphere of mystery and anticipation that broke down social barriers. Through these anecdotes, the podcast highlighted the practical strategies outlined in the text for fostering collaboration, building community, and enhancing interpersonal relationships through shared experiences in thoughtfully managed settings, making it an essential manual for anyone looking to improve their social engineering capabilities.
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Jeffrey Pfeffer And the other is a book by my friend John Levy, You're Invited. John Levy is an influencer. He talks in his… 2
“And the other is a book by my friend John Levy, You're Invited. John Levy is an influencer. He talks in his book about how to put on events that people want to come to.”
“What I did is and and I liked by the way the You're Invited author's approach which was he do it did a dinner. You would know who's coming to the dinner, but you wouldn't know who they were.”
